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mikado
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noun
  1. (context, literary) an emperor of Japan.
The mikados of Japan are its emperors.
  1. a game in which wooden sticks have to be removed from a pile without disturbing the remaining sticks
mixed
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verb
  1. (past of, mix)
adjective
  1. Having two or more separate aspects.
I get a very feeling from this painting.
  1. Not completely pure.
My joy was somewhat when my girlfriend said she was pregnant; it's a lot of responsibility.
  1. Including both men and women.
The tennis match was with a male and a female on each side.
''My son attends a school, unlike my daughter, who goes to the local all-girl grammar school.
mogul
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noun
  1. a rich or powerful person; a magnate
  2. a hump or bump on a skiing piste
motive power
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noun
  1. The power that enables something to move; also used in a figurative sense.
    • "Using electricity as motive power for railroads will do away with fuel trains, tenders, coal handling, water, and all that."
mountain
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noun
  1. A large mass of earth and rock, rising above the common level of the earth or adjacent land.
  2. A large amount.
There's still a of work to do.
mule
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noun
  1. A generally sterile hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse.
  2. (informal) A stubborn person.
  3. (slang) A person paid to smuggle drugs.
  4. A woman's shoe that has no fitting or strap around the heel

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